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  • Re: Sound Deadening - how much to buy?
    Historical mailing list - Dana Showers
    Sat, 7 Jan 2006 14:24:09 -0500
    ...deck (including covering the lid), under the bench seat, the front seat podiums (in and out), the entire front cabin floor, both front doors...
  • Re: Misc
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 17 Apr 1997 03:11:41 -0400 (EDT)
    ...The wood piece appears to be one piece covering the entire floor pan except where the middle seats are. >> What do you mean by...
  • Re: Auto conversion to Manual?
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Fri, 18 May 2007 12:55:04 -0700
    ...Some of the parts you don't expect are things like floor covering, front vent cover, hose which do not have accommodation for the...
  • Re: Glove Compartment Support-84 Westy
    Historical mailing list
    06 Mar 97 13:01:33 PST
    ...Disconnect the other cord, and lower the glove box, covering up the opening with hand or something. At just below horizontal, the rotating pins...
  • Re: FS: OEM all RUBBER vanagon/transporter/westy front floormat..(one
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Sat, 9 Dec 2006 03:59:47 EST
    ...if your unfamiliar with this mat, its the full one piece rubber front floor=20 covering that was standard in all transporters ( "transporters" meaning...
  • Re: Access to westy water tank
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Tue, 22 Apr 2014 08:42:14 -0700
    ...I guess as Alistair said the cabinet covering the tank can be removed by removeing the bed and unbolting the sides? As Roseanne, Roseanne...
  • Re: Funny Bus Story, sorta (Rain)
    Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
    Thu, 6 Oct 94 10:34:46 PDT
    ...I look inside, and the tarp that is s'posd to be covering > the bus is in the bus. You see, I took the...
  • Re: Help! ... middle seat removal...'85 Vanagon & then some
    Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
    Thu, 25 May 2000 12:40:55 EDT
    ...have placed risers beneath the floor mounted tracks to elevate > them above the level of the floor covering materials so that the seat can...
  • Re: mystery floor attatchment
    Historical mailing list - Peter Young
    Wed, 2 Apr 2008 21:37:23 -0400
    ...Here are the layers of my floor: Metal body, then the OEM plywood, then the Ikea flooring. That's all there is to it...
  • Re: AC Evaporator access question
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:57:24 -0500
    ...I didn't know this at first when I took the rear housing down--heh heh, I thought it was a plastic shell covering...
  • Re: Access to westy water tank
    Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
    Tue, 22 Apr 2014 17:01:54 -0500
    ...I guess as Alistair said the cabinet covering the tank can be removed by removeing the bed and unbolting the sides? As Roseanne, Roseanne...
  • Re: Anyone ever carry a Vespa INSIDE a Westy?
    Historical mailing list - Costello, James L
    Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:27:31 -0600
    ...ABSOLUTELY cover your bench seat with tarp and/or garbage bags, as well as a sturdy covering on the floor such as a rubber...
  • Re: Winters in the van... HYDRONIC HEAT
    Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
    Tue, 19 Nov 2002 15:31:59 -0500
    ...the hose in small enough U's for the floor area you are covering. 5) The boiler in my house would be too big...
  • Re: Heat inside the camper.. No Carbon Monoxide detectors another option.
    Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
    Mon, 5 Jan 2015 08:16:14 -0600
    ...LP is heavier than air so it tends to gather down low, I mounted the LP Detector near the floor. CO is lighter than...
  • Re: Knock & Ping?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Fri, 3 Mar 2006 20:47:44 -0500
    ...This engine is designed to be knocking and ping resistant so it can remain floored and revved for extended periods without meltdown. That is...
  • Re: TracPipe, anyone used it?
    Historical mailing list - Christensen
    Thu, 26 Feb 2004 21:54:07 -0600
    ...The yellow covering is only to aid installation through joists, floors etc; it is not to protect it. The big benefit of using csst...
  • Re: Curtains and privacy...
    Historical mailing list - BILL
    Fri, 14 Jan 2000 00:29:11 -0700
    ...Camping > World has a variety of window coverings at www.campingworld.com. > > Good luck. > > -Steven Sittser >
  • Re: Dynamat...
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:03:50 -0700
    I've used B-Quiet in my Westy, going so far as to remove the camper interior and covering everything below the windows from...
  • Re: Cheap front door speakers sound Great!
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Sat, 23 Oct 2010 16:44:40 -0700
    Others who have done soundproofing claim that removing the headliner and covering the inside of the roof over the driver and passenger makes at...
  • Re: Rubber mats..
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:48:31 -0700
    ...redundancy.. >> >> Look at horse stable mats as a possible source for floor covering or >> engine deck area mats in your vanagon. I have them...
  • Re: heated seat switch/controller found at wreckers
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:13:28 -0400
    ...rubber floor covering (sans carpets), black steel bumpers (non-fiberglass), cord interiors (fronts sans armrests), etc., etc. Seat heater switch console -- it had. > > > > BenT...
  • Re: Question about sound-deadening alternatives
    Historical mailing list - Jarrett Kupcinski
    Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:31:57 -0500
    ...Some people advocate getting the cheapest material they can find (usually at the hardware store) and covering every interior surface with the stuff. Those...
  • Re: [Re: HELP! Need a gas cap.]
    Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
    Tue, 6 Mar 2001 17:42:58 MST
    this is what I do, open siding door throw cap with keys on the floor. todays pumps are so big someone could take your...
  • Re: Access to westy water tank
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Tue, 22 Apr 2014 08:47:52 -0700
    ...I guess as Alistair said the cabinet covering the tank can be removed by removeing the bed and unbolting the sides? As Roseanne, Roseanne...
  • Re: Winters in the van... HYDRONIC HEAT
    Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
    Tue, 19 Nov 2002 12:44:58 -0800
    ...the hose in small enough U's for the floor > area you are covering. KITEC piping. It's an aluminum pex composite. Easily bendable...
  • Re: Idle gremlins still at play
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Wed, 11 Aug 2021 23:41:55 -0700
    ...I've seen more than a few not properly installed on their brackets and lying on the "floor" of the back air vent cavity...
  • Re: Differences in models for 1990
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:15:47 -0700
    ...had a lower grade of fabric, no front seat armrests, rubber floor coverings, rear facing jumpseats (no table), fewer inside lights, no lower lever...
  • '63 Camper 4sale in CA
    Historical mailing list - (Jeff P. Schneiter)
    Tue, 25 Oct 1994 14:26:47 -0700
    ...There is a pan covering the bottom of the front, for the steering apperatus and whatnot linkages (nice terms, eh?:). Basically a complete van...
  • Re: Sound Deadener Installation Concerns
    Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
    Mon, 29 Mar 2004 16:43:16 -0500
    ...The plastic wrapper (vapor barriers) I have only found covering cavities that got some external air circulation (doors). Notice how VW designed it with...
  • Vanagon Answers???
    Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
    Tue, 8 Dec 1998 11:29:39 -0700
    ...Doors covering campsite hookups: Several vendors have these; I got a replacement from BusBoys for my 87 a few years ago. The door hinge...
  • Re: heated seat switch/controller found at wreckers
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:52:40 -0700
    ...rubber floor covering (sans carpets), black steel bumpers (non-fiberglass), cord interiors (fronts sans armrests), etc., etc. Seat heater switch console -- it had. >> >> >> >> BenT...
  • installing a vented catalytic heater (L)
    Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
    Thu, 28 Aug 1997 17:39:42 -0400
    ...Relocating all the stuff stored in those places would have required a box taking up considerably more floor space than the box I bui...
  • Re: 1990 Vanagon GL (non running), jump seats, large table/mount, headrests for sale
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:14:42 -0800
    ...2011 > two new firestone tires > nice driver, passenger and center floor mats > Full A/C works, just needs recharge > Power windows and door locks...
  • Re: Kombi, Kombi, who's got the Kombi ... (differences)
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Tue, 05 Apr 94 18:54:57 CDT
    ...yes, indeedy you CAN!!! all it takes is a small texas fortune!!! just the front rubber floor mat was $250!!!! not including that little...
  • Re: Natural Laws- Friday
    Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
    Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:55:46 -0500
    ...an open-faced jelly sandwich > of landing face down on a floor covering are directly correlated to the > newness and cost of the carpet...
  • Re: WTB: One round headlight holdy-inny thing and screws, to '85
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:30:30 -0800
    ...steering rack Rear brakes (except 16" & SA) Rubber step plates Rubber floor covering Heater diverter channel Instrument cluster housing Headlight buckets (rounds) Lights (exterior...
  • Re: Blaupunkt speaker grills
    Historical mailing list - Markus Mumper
    Mon, 20 Sep 2004 11:41:17 -0700
    ...The front speakers unthreaded no problem because I loosened the inside door covering, held onto the speakers and unthreaded the grills. The rear speakers...
  • Re: Idle gremlins still at play
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
    Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:31:39 -0700
    ...I've seen more than a few not > properly installed on their brackets and lying on the "floor" of the back > air vent cavity...
  • Natural Laws- Friday
    Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
    Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:31:01 -0400
    ...an open-faced jelly sandwich of landing face down on a floor covering are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet...
  • Re: 1990 Vanagon GL (non running), jump seats, large table/mount, headrests f...
    Historical mailing list - David Cohen
    Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:20:42 EST
    ...2011 > two new firestone tires > nice driver, passenger and center floor mats > Full A/C works, just needs recharge > Power windows and door locks...
  • 1990 Vanagon GL (non running), jump seats, large table/mount, headrests for sale
    Historical mailing list - David Cohen
    Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:48:41 EST
    ...2011 two new firestone tires nice driver, passenger and center floor mats Full A/C works, just needs recharge Power windows and door locks...
  • Re: [Re: HELP! Need a gas cap.]
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Tue, 6 Mar 2001 19:45:51 -0700
    ...HELP! Need a gas cap.] this is what I do, open siding door throw cap with keys on the floor. todays pumps are so...
  • Re: Idle gremlins still at play
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:57:39 -0700
    ...I've seen more than a few > not > > properly installed on their brackets and lying on the "floor" of the back > > air vent cavity...
  • Re: Painting my 83.5 Westy
    Historical mailing list - Roy O.
    Wed, 11 Aug 1999 22:16:02 -0500
    ...Grit will find its way into countless nooks and crannies in the van's interior, especially in cupboards, floor areas behind cupboards and the...
  • Bears & Adventurewagens (repeat)
    Historical mailing list - Austin
    Wed, 18 Jul 2001 20:30:43 -0700
    ...over the floor & into the corners where she captured them, leaving lots of tongue-streak evidence on the cardboard I had covering the rug...
  • Re: Weekender interior questions
    Historical mailing list - Zoltan
    Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:40:49 -0700
    ...And the floor's thick insutlation to make it the same level. Drilling holes and weld nuts behind the removable seats. The rear seats...
  • Re: FS: '91 Syncro SVX Ebay
    Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
    Wed, 8 Feb 2006 12:15:00 -0600
    ...I think we took off 3 five gallon buckets of bondo covering the rust. (We still have the car.) See it for real. Then...
  • Re: Weight Capacity
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Sun, 14 Nov 2004 10:31:01 -0600
    ...I was shocked to see the stack of them covering the floor, four to a layer, up almost to the windows. She said he...
  • Re: 1990 Vanagon GL LOCATED IN FREMONT, CA,jump seats,large table/mount for sale
    Historical mailing list - David Cohen
    Fri, 7 Jan 2011 15:00:46 EST
    ...2011 two new firestone tires nice driver, passenger and center floor mats Full A/C works, just needs recharge Power windows and door locks...
  • Re: Cheap front door speakers sound Great!
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Sat, 23 Oct 2010 21:21:03 -0700
    ...Others who have done soundproofing claim that removing the headliner and > covering the inside of the roof over the driver and passenger makes at...
  • Re: WTB: One round headlight holdy-inny thing and screws, to '85
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:17:00 -0800
    ...steering rack > Rear brakes (except 16" & SA) > Rubber step plates > Rubber floor covering > Heater diverter channel > Instrument cluster housing > Headlight buckets (rounds) > Lights (exterior...
  • Beds, Valves, Advice
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 20 Oct 94 13:16:47 PDT
    ...big middle bench seat that can be removed if some of the fibre board floor covering (and carpet) are removed. The rear fold- down...
  • Re: Westy propane tank skidplate prototype
    Historical mailing list - David McNeely
    Fri, 2 Dec 2016 10:16:58 -0800
    ...The original idea I wanted to pursue was a side plate covering the valves > and reg. This is not an original idea I have...
  • VW Euro meeting
    Historical mailing list - Edward van der Jagt
    Mon, 18 Sep 1995 14:55:24 +0200 (MET DST)
    ...But did I have a good time ! The event was held on an oval speedway, with cars covering nearly two third of the area...
  • Re: Blaupunkt speaker grills
    Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
    Mon, 20 Sep 2004 11:56:07 -0700
    ...The front speakers unthreaded no problem because I loosened the inside door covering, held onto the speakers and unthreaded the grills. The rear speakers...
  • Re: 1990 Vanagon GL (non running), jump seats, large table/mount, headrests for sale
    Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
    Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:16:52 -0800
    ...2011 > two new firestone tires > nice driver, passenger and center floor mats > Full A/C works, just needs recharge > Power windows and door locks...
  • Re: DISASTER AT JIFFY LUBE!!!!
    Historical mailing list - charles fladger
    Fri, 2 Jul 1999 18:01:24 -0700
    ...There was a piece of paper lodged in the cooling fan covering about 3/4 on the blades. This was no ordinary piece of...
  • Re: [Re: HELP! Need a gas cap.]
    Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
    Tue, 6 Mar 2001 17:38:23 -1000
    ...HELP! Need a gas cap.] > this is what I do, open siding door throw cap with keys on the > floor. todays pumps are so...
  • Re: Vitrifrigo
    Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
    Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:43:51 -0600
    ...That's if you place the fridge up as high as possible, rather than down on the floor. I wanted high, so I didn...
  • Re: Dometic Fridge: Bah Humbug! <grin>
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:46:16 -0700
    ...I have the propane tank well secured in that cabinet with some vent holes through the floor (propane is heavier than air)...I have...